John Notten
visual artist/educator
education
BFa/B.Ed York University, Toronto 1987
art awards
Toronto Urban Design Award (for the installation Plant it Forward) 2023
Ronald Bloore Painting Award (York University top Visual Arts Graduate) 1987
L.L. Odette Award, Sculpture Garden Proposal, Toronto, Ont. 1987
Dean’s Prize for Excellence, York University Faculty of Fine Arts 1987
York University Faculty Association Scholarship 1985
Rose Granick Memorial Scholarship 1983
education awards
Toronto Secondary Unit Teacher of the Year 2019
Ontario Art Education Association Secondary Teacher of the Year 2016
TVOntario Award of Merit 1999
grants
Toronto Arts Council Animating Toronto Streets Grant 2019
Toronto Arts Council Animating Toronto's Historical Sites Grant 2022
exhibitions
Drawn to the Flame group show, Lumiere: The Art of Light, Ontario Place Toronto, Ontario 2024
Cut Draw Pry solo show The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2024
Flipping the Canoe Todmorden Mills Heritage Site 2022-2024
Unpacking the Weekend Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2023
Unpacking the Weekend Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario 2023
Over Floe Part of ArtworxTO Year of Public Art 2021-22 (installed at Ontario Place in Lake Ontario) 2021
Plant it Forward King Street Parklet Design/Build Competition (installed at King St. and Jarvis St. Toronto) 2020
Huddle Ontario Place Winter Lights Exhibition 2020
Stronghold Nuit Blanche Toronto 2019
The Tent Project Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario, Curated by Rhona Wenger 2018
The Tent Project Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario. Curated by Laurie Caramount 2017
13: After the Bell (group show with 13 educator/artists) Carrier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2016
Colliding Natures (show with Brian Burnett) Quest Gallery, Minden, Ontario. Curated by Jill Price 2015
Very Fun Park Taipei Taiwan (Toronto Representative for Nuit Blanche) 2014
Up the Creek (Open Call Project) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2014
Shrine (Open Call Project) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2013
The Next Desk Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2012
Intensity (Open Call Project) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2011
Church Intent (Independent Project) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2010
Breaking the Surface IDA Gallery, York University 1988
The Patio Show (group exhibition) Arcadia, 680 Queens Quay, Toronto, 1988
Maquette Proposals; Toronto Sculpture Garden (group exhibition)
Olga Korper Gallery, 80 Spadina Ave., Toronto 1987
SubMarine IDA Gallery, York University 1985
Life Boats Samuel J. Zacks Gallery 1984
conferences and talks
Presenter: OAEA Conference, Hamilton, Ontario 2018
Presenter: CEESA Conference, Worth the Risk Istanbul Turkey, 2016
Presenter: OAEA Conference, Unleash the Engineer Within Barrie, Ontario, 2015
Presenter: CCSDL Conference, Worth the Risk Toronto 2012
Presenter: ACTRA International Conference, Navigating Nuit Blanche Toronto 2012
Guest speaker for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche volunteer training 2011, 2012
Guest speaker, Humber College, The Nuit Blanche Phenomenon, 2011
Cross-Australia speaking tour on ‘Self-Directed Learning’ 2007
Keynote address at the Melbourne Educational Leadership Conference, July, 2007
Presenter; York University Faculty of Education and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education on topics related to Art Education
Lecturer; Niagara University Teacher’s College 2009-2017